Ahead of the 2025 Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, the Independent Expert Panel on Nutrition is releasing policy recommendations to amplify actions across health, agrifood, social protection, education sectors as well as Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) system. Tackling malnutrition is not just a health issue — it is a global priority with major … Continued
While researchers and agencies from low- and middle-income countries often contribute significantly to public health surveillance data, which is crucial for effective pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response activities, they often do not receive adequate compensation for their contributions. Incentivizing data sharing is important for informing public health responses to pathogens with pandemic potential. However, existing … Continued
Minerals for technologies like wind turbines, solar panels, and electric batteries will be essential to achieve the net-zero green transition. However, global efforts towards increasing the supply of these transition minerals to meet expected demand face a myriad of challenges. Fragmented Multilateral Approaches A large range of institutions are actively engaged in addressing the … Continued
The Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit is a pivotal global event dedicated to addressing the urgent issue of malnutrition. The next edition will be held on Paris on March 27 and 28 2025. This summit will convene world leaders, policymakers, private sector representatives, and civil society organizations to generate commitments and mobilize international support for … Continued
Transforming African agri-food systems is crucial to address many challenges linked to food security, climate change adaptability, economic growth, and growing demographics. The Agricultural Transitions Lab for African Solutions (ATLAS) is a permanent platform for policy dialogue and collaboration between the Global North and South. ATLAS seeks to align global priorities and increase investments … Continued
With the acceleration of the green transition towards net-zero, demand for minerals essential to the manufacturing of technologies such as wind mills, solar panels and electric batteries is projected to steeply increase. Geopolitical tensions and lack of international coordination are preventing us from addressing the urgent economic, environmental and societal challenges associated with their global … Continued
At the 5th edition of the Paris Peace Forum, actors from all over the world launched the “Acting Together for a Responsible Transition Minerals Sector” initiative. International organizations, companies and business alliances, NGOs, foundations and high-level dignitaries agreed on the need to remove obstacles to collaboration to ensure sustainable access to and use of minerals … Continued
As activities in outer space have entered a new era of growth, creating new possibilities for human development, the amount of orbital debris is increasing dangerously. International governance frameworks are not tackling the new challenges faced by the space sector. What is the Net Zero Space initiative? The Net Zero Space initiative is … Continued
Despite impressive breakthroughs, the last two years of the pandemic have exacerbated pre-existing challenges to global health. The scientific and medical achievements of developing vaccines within 18 months, the launch of specific tools such as ACT-A and COVAX to support more equitable vaccine access, as well as more recent proposals to reform the global health … Continued
The Climate Overshoot Commission is an independent group of distinguished global leaders who built a bold and actionable strategy to mitigate risks should global warming exceed established goals. CONTEXT In 2015, in Paris’ COP21, the international community agreed to restrict global warming to well below 2°C and to make efforts to limit it to … Continued
